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COVER/Thomas Frank p. 1
The 1% laughs last, as Wall Street wins again
EDITORIAL p. 2
Learn from history; End the war on weed
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Merry Christmas, right-wingers, red Pope, and Jesus; Too few control too much of America’s money and power; California GOP’s fake health care website; Get a whiff of ‘synthetic biology’; Global bankers holding pity party
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 4
Redeclaring the war on poverty
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Time for resolutions
DISPATCHES p. 5
‘Obamacare’ starting to look healthy; La. cuts health care for musicians; Koch PACs raise $407M; Colo. pot sales top $5M first week; JP Morgan Chase OK after $1.7B fine ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Obama may be best economic president
JUDY FAHYS p. 6
Obama’s most effective environmental action?
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
A toxic cocktail
GENE LYONS p. 7
Snowden demonstrates doublethink
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
Celebrating end of fake ‘War on Christmas’
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
The real reefer madness
ROBERT BOROSAGE p. 9
Populism rising?
DEAN BAKER p. 9
Centrists have no right to lecture on growth
EDWARD McCLELLAND p. 10
The ‘middle class’ myth: Why wages are so low
DAVE JOHNSON p. 10
NAFTA at 20: 1 million lost jobs
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
What Detroit’s bankruptcy portends for US
BOB BURNETT p. 11
Pope Francis: 2013 politician of the year
JASON STANFORD p. 11
The forgotten Republican rebrand
JEFF BRYANT p. 12
How progressives beat corporate establishment
ELLEN BROWN p. 13
100 years is enough: Make Fed a public utility
NORMAN SOLOMON p. 14
Under Amazon’s CIA cloud
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
A new year of intensity
WENDELL POTTER p. 14
Obamacare: What’s in it for you?
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Vaccinations: Strategy for little brother
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Rich need to pick up the slack
ROBERT B. REICH p. 15
Affordable Care Act deserves patience
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Fat man on a roll
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Must we have gov’t of, by, and for the wealthy?
ISAIAH J. POOLE p. 16
Let the sun shine in
ROBERT PARRY p. 17
Obama’s not-so-terrible year
MANUEL PEREZ-ROCHA p. 17
NAFTA’s 20 years of unfulfilled promises
JOE CONASON p. 18
Rich Catholics threaten Pope Francis
ROBERT SCHEER p. 18
NSA, Benghazi, and monsters of our creation
TINA DUPUY p. 18
My holiday wish list
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Ten books to provoke conversation
TED RALL p. 19
Americans aren’t protected by First Amendment
MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN p. 20
Goldman Sachs attendant goes political
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Rethinking US debt
DON ROLLINS p. 20
Tampa’s homeless deserve and get better
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
O’Toole brought magnetism to screen
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
A few Peter O’Toole gems
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Dear NFL owners: It’s not coaches. It’s you
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Congress to unemployed: Eat confetti
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
For 2014: Talk less, listen more
DONALD KAUL p. 23
She knew I would make it
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Rebranding
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted January 10, 2014